Arnoia / Arnóia

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view of church exterior - west view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 19830ARN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Mosteiro de São Bento / Mosteiro de São João de Arnóia
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet] / St. John
Church Location: Lugar do Mosteiro [Estrada Municipal 619], Arnoia, Braga, 4890, Portugal -- Tel.: +35 1255 323 738
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Braga, Norte
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality, and SSW of Celorico de Basto, ESE of Braga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a corner near the main entrance
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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An octagonal basin of coarse granite with cemented patches, tapering sides rounded towards the underbowl; totally plain; raised on a later [modern?] octagonal-to-square pedestal base. The octagonal flat wooden cover, is plain and modern. The font is now disused, tucked away with another old relics in a corner behind the entranceway; a later font is in use.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.36707, -8.015889
UTM: 29T 582309 4579991
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]